The Voynich Manuscript: Mysteries in Medieval Pages

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In this episode of Unsolved Histories, host Joe Foster delves into the mysteries surrounding the Voynich Manuscript, an enigmatic document discovered by Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich in 1912. The manuscript, filled with cryptic text and strange illustrations of unknown plants and astronomical symbols, has confounded experts for over a century. Joe explores a variety of theories regarding its origin, including the manuscript being written in an unknown language, encoded in a sophisticated cipher, or even being an elaborate hoax. He also discusses historical and modern attempts to decipher it, using everything from early cryptologists' efforts to contemporary artificial intelligence. New claims suggest it may be written in encoded Hebrew, but the mystery remains unsolved. Join Joe on this captivating journey as he delves deep into the latest findings and ongoing efforts to unlock the secrets of this medieval mystery.

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